Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-01
PIoCrIE CORRESPONDENCE.
The Outlook Very Promising for
the Old Camp.
PIocHE. Lincoln county. New.

lONhEg 1AiuCOih OOhhth
January 80, 1887.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Having a few leisure
hours at my disposal, and remem boring a
promise not fulfilled, viz: to keep the SEN.
TINEL posted on local happenings. me-
thinks it is " better late than never" so.
here goes.
Phoebe, once famous for its bullion out
put, turbulent characters. and all that
goes TO make up an ideal camp to the av-
erage Coaster, is awakening from it's Rip
Van Wrinkle slumber Of inactivity, and
gives promise to rise with former days in
the production Of the precious metals.
This happy and long-looked for state Of
affairs is mainly due to the indomitable
energy aud enterprise of Mr.. W. y. Godbe.
OF Salt Lake City, who, in company with
other mining men OF that place, have
formed and incorporated the Phoebe Con
solidated Mining Company, with q capital
stock OF $500, 900 for working purposes.
This is 40 stock. joboing.do-it. all.on-paper
Company, as is too frequently the case in
this and other sections of the State. bu. a
bona fide organization Of mining men. as
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reopening the once famous Raymond d
Ely aud Meadow Valley mines. The COM
pany intend to put the enterprise on a pay.
ing basis from the start, and with tina. end
in view have erected q teaching plant OF 80.
tons capacity whsrewith to work the sew
eral thousand tons OF screenings that are
slowed away in the old slopes OF the Ray.
mond Il Ely and Meadow Valley mines.
Those screenings after being hoisted are
transported to the teacher over the old
narrow-gsuge road that leads TO Bullion
vile, and as they average IL ounces per
ton, and are easily lixiviAted with hyposul-
phite Of soda. and cupreous hyposulphite
(Russell process) up to 10 per cent Of
their assay value, there are no reasons
why the company should not do very we'll
Tho teaching plant, which is a quarter OF a
mile from the mines, 10 q model one, and
the invention OF q local millwright named
Rich. The plant consists OF q large en-
CINE and boiler, q rock.crusher I'M q set
OF Walls rolls; four teaching, three pre-
cipitating and one storage tank; also one
sulphide press. China pump. and two
pans for tho preparation OF sodium sui
phide, which is used as q precipitant. The
teaching tanks are made square. each one
Of the capacity to lixivisse 20 ons OF
screenings per "a hours. Mr.. Godte is
also going to erect 8 large Howell & White
furnace in connection with the teacher,
and after the famous black ledge" IL
reached in the Raymond L Ely the large
Stedefeldt furnace at Bullionville may be
brought into requisition. Apropos OF this
black ledge. it 10 beyond doubt 8 bonanza
Ia itself, inasmuch as it is known to be
from Is to 40 feet in width, and averages
30 ounces per ton between walls. II is
true the ore is refractory, but from the
tests that l have seen made at Bullion
vile. / have no hesitation in asserting
that it can be easily chloridized in a Stede-
feldt furnace. The company is now push
ing its way to the lower levels of the Ray
mond. being less than 400 feet from the
bottom OF tho main shaft. which they ex-
poet to reach in q few months. when the
large pumping machinery will be set in
motion to drain the mine. While prose
cutting this work last week a rich strike
was made on the eighth level as she miners
were removing the debris from a large
cave. After the discovery was made q
crosscut was run on the ore, disclosing an
eight-foot ledge between we'll defined walls.
that averages 10 ounces in silver and 3S
per cent lead. Old miners are Of the
opinion that this orc body 10 the Raymond
ledge which had been cut off ct this point
by a horse, md replaced by q rich stringer
which eventually led to the discovery OF the
black ledge some 200 feet deeper. II this
theory proves to be correct. the Phoebe
Consolidated Company have indeed struck
q bonanza Of great value, and one that
will make the old own blossom and bloom
with the prosperity Of the palmy days OF
II and ~. az Godbe is 8 man that will
keep pushing as long as there is q
color In sight.
In view Of the dawning of q brighter era
for Lincoln county. l look for considers
BILE work being dom on abandoned claims
during the Spring and Summer months,
for no camp in the State, il l except Vir-
ginia City. affords more opportunities TO
| the capitals. and miner than old Phoebe,
and with the prospect Of \ railroad in the
near future thanks TO our Senator
Poujade). we can say like the Irishman
| who was three sheets In the wind: BE
jabers. / wud no swap places with the
King" More anon. ROVER.